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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Beginner Level 2

PART 1 · LESSON 10 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Weather on Television

In the living room, the television forecast in Standard Arabic says the lowest is eight degrees, and Karim and Leo talk it over: eight degrees, is eight cold, in Cairo very cold, yesterday it was cold too, yesterday it was twelve, tomorrow it will be eight, after tomorrow it will be warm, God willing.

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THE STORY

The living room of the Mansours' flat in Heliopolis, a winter evening, the television on. The announcer reads the forecast in Standard Arabic; Karim and Leo, friends of the same age, speak plainly to each other.

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ثَمَانِي دَرَجَات.tha-MAA-ni da-ra-JAATeight degrees, in Standard Arabic
الصُّغْرَى ثَمَانِي دَرَجَات.as-SUGH-ra tha-MAA-ni da-ra-JAAT.The lowest, eight degrees.
تَمَن دَرَجَات!TA-man da-ra-GAAT!Eight degrees!
النَّهَارْدَه خَمَسْتَاشَر.in-na-HAR-da kha-mas-TAA-shar.Today, fifteen.
تَمَانْيَة بَرْد?ta-MAN-ya BARD?Is eight cold?
فِي القَاهِرَة, بَرْد أَوِي.fil-qaa-HI-ra, BARD AW-i.In Cairo, very cold.
اُقْعُد هِنَا, يَا لِيُو!U'-3ud HI-na, ya LI-yu!Stay here, Leo!
أَمْبَارِح كَان بَرْد كَمَان.am-BAA-ri7 kaan BARD ka-MAAN.Yesterday it was cold too.
أَمْبَارِح كَان اِتْنَاشَر.am-BAA-ri7 kaan it-NAA-shar.Yesterday it was twelve.
وِبُكْرَة, كَرِيم?wi-BUK-ra, ka-REEM?And tomorrow, Karim?

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